“Thermal leggings won't save the planet, but they are a simple solution to reduce your energy consumption.
» This astonishing message was sent by the city of Besançon (Doubs) to students in difficulty, as part of a distribution of “thermal leggings” organized during the month of March.
An initiative aimed at reducing heating bills.
According to the 2023 barometer of the national energy mediator, 42% of young people suffer from the cold and more than half of 18-34 year olds encounter difficulties paying certain energy bills.
These leggings allow you to lower the heating by 1°C to 1.5°C in homes in order to save between 20 and 40% on energy consumption.
Student energy poverty
“The Local Intervention Service for Energy Management (Slime) of the City of Besançon wishes to support, as closely as possible to their needs, students in situations of energy poverty,” notes the city on its Facebook account.
The announcement was made via a video filmed downtown with students.
During the distributions, no less than 450 “thermal leggings” stamped “Here it is Besac (
the abbreviation of Besançon
)” will be made available to students.
The cost of the operation is estimated at 10,000 euros, report our colleagues from France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
This assistance also aims to get in touch with students in precarious situations.
Jean-Emmanuel Lafarge (EELV), municipal councilor of Besançon, tells France 3 that it is “very complicated” for the city to locate these young people in difficulty “who often only stay for a year in their accommodation and who are always very shy in relation to this precariousness”.